The last three kingdoms

Chapter 946 Scapegoat

After Wenyang returned to Xindu, he stationed his army outside the city of Xindu, and entered the city alone to meet Sima Jun.

After Xindu City was flooded, the city was very dilapidated. It was not until the Jin army took Xindu that the people from Xindu's original place moved back one after another, and Xindu City was considered to have regained some vitality.

Sima Jun's rebellious governor's mansion was temporarily placed in the original state office in Jizhou. After simple repairs, it still looks like the old days.

Wen Yang stopped his horse at the gate of the mansion, and as soon as he got off his horse, he saw a group of people coming out of the mansion. Looking at the attire, they were Sima Jun's personal guards. They were pushing a bunch of tied people out of the mansion gate. Li also cursed non-stop.

Even though he didn't know the reason, Wen Yang took another look, and it didn't matter if it didn't matter, but Wen Yang was taken aback. It turned out that the person who was tied up was an acquaintance. Purpose.

A few days ago, Wen Yang and Ma Long rushed to Anguo to rescue after receiving Zhou Zhi's urgent report. It stands to reason that it was Zhou Zhi's timely report that saved Sima Jun from death. , Zhou Zhi at least has a share of credit.

But I didn't expect Zhou Zhi to be reduced to a prisoner a few days later, not only a prisoner, but looking at this posture, it was clear that he was going to push out the gate and beheaded, which made Wenyang wonder what crime Zhou Zhi had committed this time. Suffering this capital punishment?

Wen Yang took a step forward, stopped the team of guards, and said, "What did General Zhou commit? Where are you going to take him?"

Although Sima Jun's personal guards are usually very arrogant, they don't pay attention to ordinary officials, but Wen Yang is the governor of Jizhou and the deputy governor of the rebellion, and his position in the army is second only to Sima Jun. Several personal guards did not dare to be negligent, they cupped their hands and said: "Deputy Governor Wen, the younger ones obeyed King Ruyin's order to push Zhou's decree out of the gate of the mansion and beheaded the public."

Wen Yang was shocked, and said: "What crime did General Zhou commit to deserve the death penalty?"

The leader of the guards said: "This little one doesn't know. If Vice Governor Wen wants to know the details, he has to ask King Ruyin. The little ones are just following orders."

At this moment, Zhou Zhi raised his head to look at Wen Yang, and said with a sad expression, "Wen Inspector, save me!"

Wen Yang stepped forward and said, "General Zhou, why did you end up in such a field? What is the reason?"

Zhou Zhi sighed and explained the details to Wen Yangju.

It turned out that after Sima Jun returned to Xindu, he became moody. He did not sum up the reasons for this disastrous defeat from himself. Instead, he blamed a large number of generals of the Jin army. He was dismissed from office, and at worst, beheaded and executed. Sima Jun executed several generals who were commanding the battle on the front line. The entire Jin army was in panic.

Zhou Zhi was not worried. After all, he was the first to pass on the news of rescuing Sima Jun. In terms of meritorious deeds and rewards, Zhou Zhi has no fault of his own.However, someone soon reported to Sima Jun, saying that Zhou Zhi had evil intentions, deliberately concealed and delayed the news, and delayed the news of the Central Route Army's siege by a day before sending it out. He was dead, and the Jin army lost most of its troops.

In a rage, Sima Jun immediately arrested Zhou Zhi and sent someone to investigate.

According to the investigation, according to the regulations, Zhou Zhi’s grain transportation team must provide food and grass to the Central Route Army once every two days. That is to say, if Zhou Zhi delivered the grain and grass on time, it is entirely possible to get the news that the Central Route Army was surrounded one day earlier. However, Zhou Zhi failed to send out the food and grass in time, which was delayed by a day, and the news of the encirclement of the Central Route Army was not transmitted to the left and right Route Army until a day later.

At this precious moment when saving soldiers is like putting out a fire, the meaning of a day is extraordinary, Sima Jun was furious, and wanted to punish Zhou for delaying the order.

Zhou Zhi hurriedly argued that the reason for the delay in transporting grain was that when crossing the pontoon bridge on the Zhang River, the pontoon suddenly broke and caused the grain and grass to fall into the water, so it was delayed for a day. can prove.

When Sima Jun summoned He Jun to come to the scene, He Jun denied that the pontoon bridge ever broke, but said that due to the heavy load of the supply camp, the pontoon bridge had a small problem at that time, but it was repaired soon, and there was nothing wrong with it. Delay the crossing of the supply camp.

Sima Jun executed many generals one after another, which made He Jun feel terrified, and hurriedly shirk responsibility. If Sima Jun blamed him, then his head would really be lost, even though Zhou Zhi couldn't escape his death , but the death of others is better than his own death, He Jun can only lose his conscience at this time.

Originally, Sima Jun had a grudge against these old generals of Yanghu, but now that the charges were confirmed, Zhou Zhi couldn't argue with it, so Sima Jun unceremoniously ordered Zhou Zhi to be pushed out of the house and beheaded to vent his hatred.

Wen Yang couldn't help frowning when he heard that, Zhou Zhi was a rare general in the Jin army, and he was a good fighter at the front line. Now Sima Jun listened to He Jun's words and killed Zhou Zhi angrily, which is simply self-destructing the Great Wall.

"Don't do anything, please go and beg Ruyin King." Wen Yang said to the guards.

In view of Wen Yang's status, the guards naturally had to agree. Zhou Zhi's head was temporarily preserved, but whether he could keep it in the end would depend on Sima Jun's attitude.

Wen Yang went straight in to meet Sima Jun.

"General Wen is back." Sima Jun's attitude was very cold. Of course, this was because Wen Yang took the initiative to rescue after receiving the news. Otherwise, how could Sima Jun indulge Wen Yang to sit here.

Wen Yang didn't pay too much attention to Sima Jun's attitude, and said directly: "King Ruyin wanted to kill Zhou Zhi, what crime did he commit?"

Sima Jun snorted coldly, and said: "Zhou Zhi deliberately concealed the military situation and framed this king. Such a heinous crime should be punished according to the law."

Wen Yang said: "As far as the general knows, Zhou Zhi did not intentionally conceal the military situation, but was delayed due to the break of the pontoon bridge. What's more, after Zhou Yi got the news that the king was trapped, he immediately sent a message to the general and General Ma. To convey the urgent report, according to the general, Zhou Zhi is not only innocent but also meritorious, I hope King Ruyin can take it back."

Sima Jun sneered and said: "It's just a fluke that this king was able to survive, but it's a pity that the [-] Jin Erlangs did not have the luck of this king, and all of them died on the battlefield. If Zhou Zhi could convey the military situation earlier, how could it be the situation today? If this king does not punish Zhou Zhi, why would the common people be angry? How can we be worthy of the death of fifty thousand Jin Erlang?"

(End of this chapter)